29.6. Classes that Benefit from Statechart Diagrams
In addition to statechart diagrams for use cases or the overall system, they may be created for virtually any type or class.
State-Independent and State-Dependent Objects
If an object always responds the same way to an event, then it is considered state-independent (or modeless) with respect to that event. For example, if an object receives a message, and the responding method always does the same thing—the method will typically have no conditional logic. The object is state-independent with respect to that message. If, for all events of interest, an object always reacts the same way, it is a state-independent object. By contrast, state-dependent objects react differently to events depending ...
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